• Drafted purchase agreements, closing documents, and escrow instructions for acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties on behalf of Fortune 20 company• Prepared and negotiated leases, lease amendments, and subleases as both landlord and tenant on behalf of Fortune 50 and Fortune 100 companies• Acted as primary California lease negotiator for a leading developmental, behavioral health and education non-profit• Researched and authored white paper on perfection of collateral assignments of security interests in negotiable instruments for creditors’ committee in a billion-dollar bankruptcy• Reviewed and analyzed interaction between CC&R, easement, and lease agreements for a major shopping center with multiple Fortune 50 tenants to assist landlord with redevelopment plans• Evaluated title policies and engaged title companies to ensure compliance with lender loan requirements

• Drafted assumption and origination documents for commercial mortgage backed securities loans; handled all post-closing paperwork including securitization questionnaire to pool trustee• Represented master servicer on multiple pre-negotiated and non-negotiated parcel releases• Collaborated directly with various lender clients on review and documentation of equity transfers related to securitized financings• Acted as lead attorney on a multi-firm closing of a general partnership sale related to a multifamily bond transaction• Handled negotiations on a product license agreement between a major movie studio and a national chain store for a cross-marketing campaign• Wrote and submitted Freedom of Information Act requests for the National Center for Transgender Equality with the United States State Department• Prepared master services agreement for a leading LGBT dating app• Rewrote the online terms of service for a national specialty/import retail store

• Coordinated the drafting of loan documents for real estate and personal property secured transactions• Handled complex title matters for policies on term and construction loans secured by real estate; engaged title companies, reviewed title reports, and formulated lender’s instructions• Prepared and reviewed amendments to corporate governance documents• Assisted institutional lenders in workouts of defaulted loans and non-judicial foreclosures• Reviewed and analyzed loans and titles in sale of client’s $1.1 billion in California bank assets in loan portfolio buyout• Researched and drafted memoranda on usury, complex jurisdiction, choice of law, and domestication of judgment issues; researched duty of lenders as third-party beneficiaries in anticipation of appeal

• Chief executive of the oldest law journal in the United States dedicated to constitutional law• Managed staff of 74 second- and third-year editors• Oversaw publishing of four issues, totaling 23 articles and over 1000 pages• Developed and directed annual symposium with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, receiving local and national media attention• Handled all budgetary matters for the Quarterly, a 503(c) non-profit organization• Supervised second-year academic note-writing program• Organized publication-wide events, including alumni mixers and happy hours

• Conducted extensive legal research including compostion of internal memoranda on usury, complex jurisdiction, choice of law, and domestication of judgment issues• Strategized and attended multiple depositions• Drafted and reviewed corporate formation documents• Researched duty of lenders as third-party beneficiaries in anticipation of appeal• Prepared pleadings, including answers and bills of particulars• Responded to discovery

• Authored internal memoranda concerning recommendations for en banc votes• Drafted memoranda suggesting changes on soon-to-be-released opinions• Researched First Amendment, administrative, and criminal procedure case law for pending appeals

• Drafted pleadings: answers to complaints, notices to admit, discovery, and responses to interrogatories• Researched case law and briefed decisions for use in motion revisions• Produced and updated case reviews for use during settlement discussions, trials, and motion hearings• Represented company at workers’ compensation hearings and advised managing partner of outcomes

• Compiled real-time statistics for NCAA/NFL games; provided information for use by on-air talent• Selected for three seasons as one of eight NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament statisticians• Time-logged live games and post-game interviews for use during in-game and post-game highlight reels

• Managed sports section of 10,000 daily circulation newspaper; member of Managing Board• Supervised and trained staff of 30 writers, associate and deputy editors; monitored journalistic ethics• Produced more than 200 bylines; fencing, softball, cross country beat writer• Lead analyst and member of Ivy League football and basketball pre-season media polls• Bi-weekly column – “Full-Court Press” – covering and evaluating Ivy League players, teams, and policies

• Reviewed and revised contracts between warehouses, food suppliers, and food distributors• Consulted with warehouses, food suppliers, and food distributors around the world to obtain and evaluate current HACCP and C-TPAT documentation as required by the United States government• Bolstered development of cataloging software for foreign and domestic goods sold by Bruno Scheidt, Inc.